Staff at The Lodge in Sisters, an independent and assisted living community, have created a display of wedding photos, and in honor of Valentine’s Day, the residents were sharing their memories of their special day and their spouses.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters Ranger District is implementing about 213 acres of mastication operations within the Sisters Area Fuels Reduction Project Area, including 74 acres just south of Sisters Cow Camp and adjacent to the Metolius-Windigo Trail approximately two and a half miles southwest of Sisters. Contractors started work this week and will
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A chimney fire spread to the roof of a home northeast of Sisters Sunday morning, causing more than $20,000 damage, but the residents evacuated safely before firefighters arrived and stopped its spread.
Continue ReadingSISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The nonprofit Age-Friendly Sisters Country is on a mission to help Sisters-area businesses become more family-friendly in various ways — and one is by offering free sourcing and installation of diaper changing stations and related amenities.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sisters-based nonprofit Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. announced Tuesday it has changed the name of the organization to SFF Presents to reflect the full scope of their work in the Central Oregon community. Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 as the nonprofit organization in charge of producing its signature event, the annual
Continue ReadingSISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Sisters School District delayed classes for two hours Monday morning due to slick roads in the area. “Due to inclement weather, there will be a two-hour delay for the start of school today,” the school district said. “All buses will run two hours later than their regular pick-up times. “The
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Cody Meredith and Pat Burke from Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District were eating breakfast at the station right before they received a medical call for a woman in labor. Little did they know they were going to be making a very special delivery.
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In a social media video posted earlier this month, the owner and publisher of SUS magazine, Ruth Vernotico, shared an experience at Sisters Coffee Company in Sisters.
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A 23-year-old Bend-area man who was reported missing, prompting a public plea for information, was found Sunday by his family, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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An emergency shelter in Sisters opened as a major winter storm moved in and has closed after five days of operation in a vacant city building, under an emergency resolution approved by the City Council, City Manager Jordan Wheeler said Friday.
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The recently remodeled Sisters Library had to close on Wednesday after a “significant water leak” flooded parts of the building, likely due to a burst pipe after recent days of bitter sub-zero cold, officials said Thursday.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sisters Ranger District firefighters resumed ignition of landing piles Wednesday a mile southwest of Sisters along Edgington Road, the Deschutes National Forest reported. Smoke may be visible from Sisters and the surrounding area. Residents are encouraged to keep doors and windows closed to help decrease smoke impacts. Firefighters select pile burning
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Steve Allely was taking a video of the windy snowstorm outside his Sisters home Thursday evening when he heard a huge crack, turned and caught a towering Ponderosa pine smashing to the ground and through a power line, with a bang and big shower of sparks.
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Sisters resident Matt Houston, his wife and their two dogs are all OK – that’s the first thing everyone wants to know before they say “wow,” laugh and shake their heads at what you might call Mother Nature’s hole in one: a large, heavy tree branch that crashed through their roof — and right into an upstairs toilet bowl.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A large glow in the distance prompted a property owner north of Sisters to call in an apparent fire late Sunday night. Firefighters found that a two-story barn had burned to the ground, causing no deaths or injuries but $300,000 in losses. Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire District crews were dispatched shortly
Continue Reading SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Sisters Ranger District firefighters began conducting several days of pile burning operations Monday a mile southwest of Sisters along Forest Service Roads 15 and 1505, the U.S. Forest Service said. Firefighters may continue ignitions throughout the week, if conditions are favorable. Smoke may be visible from Sisters and the surrounding area.
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Prineville man under investigation for allegedly trafficking large quantities of fentanyl pills and methamphetamine into the region was arrested Saturday morning after a drug-detection K-9 alerted to their presence in his car during a traffic stop on Highway 20 near Sisters. The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team wrapped up a
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Hoodoo Ski Area announced Thursday it has canceled its annual New Year’s Eve Celebration due to lack of an adequate snow base for skiing and riding. “Hoodoo’s management is hopeful that weather patterns will change soon, allowing Central Oregon’s oldest ski area to finally open for the 2023-24 ski season,” the announcement
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SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Santa is coming down the chimney, and at Pole Creek Ranch in Sisters, staff wanted to get you into the Christmas spirit. Sunday was the final day of their first annual “Sleigh Days” event. “We’re just happy to be here,” ranch owner Jennifer Cole said Sunday. “I mean, we love the holidays.
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The Roundhouse Foundation began bolstering organizations that serve and support rural and Tribal areas of Oregon in 2002. This fall, the foundation is pleased to support the work of 104 organizations for the fall 2023 Open Call cycle with nearly $1.5 million.
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